Recent content by Vixen with Chickens

Had my older bantam Wyandottes hatch some bantam faverolles last summer before selling the Wyandottes this spring. The faverolles are very cute and my son loves them, I had a very friendly handsome rooster but one of my neighbors hated the crowing so had to sell him. I have found the faverolles...

Mine smelled sour but never bad and I don't think it was a extream sour smell, maybe depends on how much new food you added to the water vs how much old was left or just bad luck that somthing bad got in throwing it off.

I've read hen to roo should be 8-10 hens to 1 roo. You can get more hens or get rid of a roo or since you say they are pretty gentle on their girls you can watch to see if it works out, there can always be exceptions.

I've done the never ending bucket method with quail before, covered with water in a large glass jar, stired twice a day, morning and night, put new food in with left over food after feeding, adding new water as needed so it was always covered. Quails loved it and none got sick.

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? -I got my chickens a little over a week ago! I am new to chickens thought my mom also raises chickens but that was after I left the nest ;P (2) How many chickens do you have right now? - I have 7 hens (3) What breeds do you have...